Table of Contents

List of Illustrations xi
Preface xiii
Acknowledgments xxi
Alaska and Its People: An Introduction 1
I. Portraits of Nations: Telling Our Own Story 13
II. Empire: Processing Colonization 115
III. Worldviews: Alaska Native and Indigenous Epistemologies 217
IV. Native Arts: A Weaving of Melody and Color 257
V. Ravenstales 337
Suggestions for Further Reading 363
Acknowledgment of Copyrights 381
Index 385

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A portrayal of Native Alaska bringing together essays, poems, songs, stories, maps, and visual art

About the Author

Maria Sháa Tláa Williams is Associate Professor of Music at the University of New Mexico.

Reviews

"The predominance of indigenous voices in The Alaska Native Reader will help correct the disgraceful imbalance in the way that the history of Alaska has been recorded and constructed. The reasons for the imbalance lie in the very history that is exposed here." Charlotte Townsend-Gault, University of British Columbia "An insightful portrayal of Alaska Native history, culture, and politics expressed through multiple voices to inform indigenous and cross-cultural understandings. The importance of this volume is its ability to dispel the colonizing myth of the homogeneity of indigenous lived experience."--Graham Hingangaroa Smith, Distinguished Professor and Chief Executive Officer, Te Whare Wananga o Awanuiarangi (New Zealand)